factoryconnection: How are analogous structures "terrifying?" Or I guess I should ask "to whom," but then we do have our share of sheltered troglodytes around here.

What he said.

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i, personally, have known this for probably 30 of my 38 years.

your gender is neutral for about the first 1/2 of your gestation. the exact same parts either become female or male...the ovaries are essentially the same organs as the testicles, the penis is essentially the same as the clitoris, etc

after skimming the headlines within this "article", i have to say NO you weren't "once a woman". you were a non-gendered embryo. the tissue was there to either become a female or a male. women weren't "once a man", and men weren't "once a woman" in the womb.

and TECHNICALLY your seam isn't labia...it's the same tissue that would've become labia had you been born female.

bungle_jr:after skimming the headlines within this "article", i have to say NO you weren't "once a woman". you were a non-gendered embryo. the tissue was there to either become a female or a male. women weren't "once a man", and men weren't "once a woman" in the womb.

and TECHNICALLY your seam isn't labia...it's the same tissue that would've become labia had you been born female.

Yeah, yeah, just like we weren't once apes, but share a common ancestor with apes. Most people don't care about the distinction.

Far Cough:bungle_jr: after skimming the headlines within this "article", i have to say NO you weren't "once a woman". you were a non-gendered embryo. the tissue was there to either become a female or a male. women weren't "once a man", and men weren't "once a woman" in the womb.

and TECHNICALLY your seam isn't labia...it's the same tissue that would've become labia had you been born female.

Yeah, yeah, just like we weren't once apes, but share a common ancestor with apes. Most people don't care about the distinction.

we weren't apes?i know some folks who make that fact very difficult to believe.